Social Media & tech.nocr.at

Now that I am finally convinced that social media is not a fad I have decided to bring tech.nocr.at into the current century. I have received many an email from readers wondering why we aren’t on Facebook or why we aren’t on Digg? I have been a big believer of twitter over the past year [...]

In Case You Missed It: Week 42 Round Up

In case you missed anything this past week, we have everything from cooling with mineral oil to video editing on your iPhone. Enjoy. Gadgets Asus Keyboard PC Gaming Cool Your Xbox With Mineral OilPS3 Smashing Into A TV At 80 KMHOpen Source DS Bluetooth AdapterBlack Wii For The BritsRock Band For iPhone Now Available Hacking [...]

OS X 10.5.5 Available Now

Apple today released the 10.5.5 update to their Leopard OS. The update contains a long list of fixes for the core OS as well as app fixes like iCal, Mail, MobileMe, and Time Machine. Here’s a list of what’s included: General Includes recent Apple security updates. Addresses stability issues with video playback, processor core idling, [...]

Change Can Be Good

Someone somewhere once said that change can be both scary and good, well we have undergone some small changes that have instilled both those feeling in us here at tech.nocr.at. Syndication Some of you might have already noticed the new syndication images off to the right sidebar. Since I have received many emails asking if [...]

MacBundleBox: 15 Apps, $50

It’s time for another Mac bundle deal, this time MacBundleBox is offering 15 Mac apps for $49.95. That’s an 85% discount overall. The apps included in the package are: Headline – A full-featured RSS/ATOM feed reader with an ultra-minimal UI. Mac Pilot 3 – A system optimization and customization utility. iConquer – A game not [...]

11 WordPress Plugins For Professional Bloggers

In a world filled with enough plugins to make your head spin, it can be quite frustrating looking for that right plugin to do that job your after. Most bloggers have spent countless hours sifting through google or wordpress.org looking for a plugin to do something they are after but just can’t come up with [...]

FeedJournal: RSS Feeds Like A Newspaper

Not one who cares about the convenience of RSS feeds? Do you really not care about the amount of trees that are saved just by using RSS? Then FeedJournal is just right for you. FeedJournal is a new service that allows you to create a newspaper like pdf from your RSS feeds. The layout looks [...]

iGoogle On Your iPhone

Google has now rolled out an iPhone optimized version of iGoogle. iGoogle, which can be customized to display your RSS feeds, weather, news, maps, etc is now easier to read on your iPhone. The optimized version lays everything out for you in one column that is scaled to the screen. You can also select individual [...]

Entertainer – New Linux Based Media Center

It looks like the Media Center space just got a bit more crowded. With already tons of Windows based Media Center software available and only a handful of decent Linux based ones floating around, Entertainer plans to change all of that. Unlike software like MythTV or Freevo, Entertainer is strictly a Media Center based application [...]

Newsgator Goes Free

Just after I spent some money on the new version of NetNewsWire and on NewsGator Go! for my blackberry, Newgator decides that it’s going to offer all of its RSS readers for free, as in beer. Newsgator will rely on revenues from its enterprise offerings going forward (so big business, no break for you). The [...]

SecURLs: Daily dose of security

  There are tons of places to get RSS feeds and security information, including right here, but this site includes RSS feeds from security blogs around the world, and the latest security podcasts all wrapped up in a nice splashpage-like package.http://www.securls.com

One hour in jail for an iPhone

How’s this one for all the people who live outside of the US who want to get their hands on an iPhone. Cameron Johnson, a 42-year-old from Toronto spent an hour in a holding cell at the Niagara Falls border crossing and paid a $400 fine for purchasing an iPhone for him and one that [...]

It’s time to Evolve

Ok, admit it. You have searched for your name in Google, Technorati, or egoSurf.org just to see how you were ranked. You may have even gone to the extent of using RSS feed searches or services such as MonitorThis to keep tabs on your name/handle. Or, you might be a Penetration Tester who is in [...]